When did Chase Center open?
Chase Center opened on the 6th of September 2019. The inaugural event was a concert by Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony, held before any NBA games were played at the venue.
Questions about Chase Center
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Where is Chase Center located?
Chase Center is located in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at the intersection of Third Street and 16th Street. The arena anchors an 11-acre site that includes offices, retail space, and a five-and-a-half-acre public waterfront park.
How many seats does Chase Center have?
Chase Center seats 18,064 for basketball games. It is the second youngest arena in the NBA, after the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
Why did the Golden State Warriors leave Oakland for Chase Center?
The Warriors pursued a new privately financed arena in San Francisco beginning with a 2012 announcement. The team had played at Oakland Arena from 1971 to 2019. The move was controversial: many longtime Oakland residents viewed it as an expression of gentrification, and a 2018 San Francisco ballot measure was specifically designed to discourage the relocation, though voters rejected it by 130,916 votes to 97,863.
What teams play at Chase Center?
Chase Center is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA and the Golden State Valkyries of the WNBA. The University of San Francisco men’s and women’s basketball teams play one game there annually, and the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League play one home game per season at the venue.
What happened at the Chase Center Phish concert in 2021?
On the 17th of October 2021, a fan fell from an upper level of Chase Center during a Phish concert and died from his injuries. Two other fans were also injured in fall incidents at the same event and survived. Following an anonymous complaint about guardrails and staircases, the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection inspected the arena and on the 21st of October deemed it compliant with city building codes.